While Huskies fans were busy speculating on the football abilities of 17-year-old boys last week, some news came out of the Southeast that told a less-thrilling tale about Pac-12 Conference sports -- if you care about the arms race that is slowly rotting big-time NCAA sports.

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The Atlanta Falcons Tuesday agreed to terms with Steve Sarkisian to become their offensive coordinator, replacing Kyle Shanahan, who took the head coaching job for the San Francisco 49ers Monday. Sarkisian, head coach at the University of Washington from 2009-13, served as Alabama's OC in the national championship game against Clemson after replacing Lane Kiffin.

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Now that Chris Petersen has resolved the yeah-he-did-it-at-little-Boise-State-but slur by going to the College Football Playoffs in his third season at Washington, he can do a little big-footing from his elevated podium. So he took a shot at the Recruiting Industrial Complex (h/t to Andy Staples at si.com).

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University of Washington coach Chris Petersen weathered some late defections and Wednesday signed 17 recruits, including eight with four-star ratings. Petersen filled his most glaring need with three wide receivers, plus three-star QBJake Haener of Danville, CA.

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Have a question about Jake Browning? Kelsey Plum? Lorenzo Romar? How about the Huskies' run to the College Football Playoffs? Or the Pac-12 Networks? Or the $100 million annual operation of the University of Washington athletics department?

Do we have the evening for you.

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The University of Washington football team, which finished No. 4 in both major polls last season, will open its 2017 schedule on the road (Rutgers) but close by playing four of five at Husky Stadium. According to the full conference slate released by the Pac-12 Wednesday, Washington State has an equally favorable schedule with seven home games at Martin Stadium, including five in a row to open.

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University of Washington quarterback Jake Browning has undergone surgery on his throwing shoulder, nearly two months after injuring it during a game against Arizona State. The Seattle Times reported that the exact nature of Browning's injury remains unclear, but that the Huskies kept it concealed in order to protect Browning from further harm.

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The University of Washington finished No. 4 in the final Associated Press and coaches college football polls released Tuesday, but were leapfrogged in both by the USC Trojans, who finished third behind No. 1 and new national champion Clemson, which defeated No. 2 Alabama 35-31 Monday night in the national championship game in Tampa.

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The Huskies' run to the the College Football Playoffs wasn't enough to impress Foster Sarell, the local giant who was the nation’s top-ranked offensive lineman. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound All-State tackle from Graham-Kapowsin High School in Pierce County said Saturday he will sign a letter of intent to attend Stanford.

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As expected, SS Budda Baker, CB Sidney Jones and DT Elijah Qualls Tuesday joined WR John Ross in skipping their senior seasons at the University of Washington to enter the 2017 NFL draft. Ross declared for the draft Monday.

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Washington junior WR John Ross, who caught 17 touchdown passes during the Huskies' 12-2 season that ended with a loss to Alabama in the Peach Bowl Saturday, plans to skip his senior season and make himself available for the NFL draft, according to multiple media reports Monday. Ross is expected to be the first of several UW underclassmen to forego another year of eligibility.

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In the same season Washington ended its long regional nightmare with a 70-21 win over Oregon, the Huskies discovered Saturday afternoon they were still behind the No. 1 team in the NFC South . . . er, college football nation.

And yet . . .

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Takeaway

The one thing Washington could not afford to do against No. 1 Alabama it did twice: Turn the ball over. Killer giveaways, both in the second quarter, handed the defending national champion Crimson Tide 10 points to launch a 24-7 victory over the Huskies in Saturday's Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta that ended UW's underdog dream of a national title (box).

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Aside from those making the 200-mile drive between Tuscaloosa and Atlanta, everyone in the American sports world is a Washington Huskies football fan this weekend.

Everyone. Because no one outside Alabama likes the Crimson Tide. Respect? Yes. Like? No.

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Three Decembers ago, after Jim Mora officially removed himself from consideration to replace USC-bound Steve Sarkisian as head football coach at the University of Washington, Merle “Skip” Hall telephoned one of his contacts in the school’s athletic department and recommended strongly that Boise State head coach Chris Petersen be given a serious look.

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In mid-December 1925, 90 years before Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and LSU’s Leonard Fournette said they would skip 2016-17 bowl games in order to prep for the NFL draft, University of Washington running back George Wilson pulled aside his coach, Enoch Bagshaw, and told him that he did not want to play in the 1926 Rose Bowl against Alabama.

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Against a 13-0 team that has the depth of talent of Alabama's Crimson Tide, there are no easy tasks. For the University of Washington in the Peach Bowl college football playoff semifinal (noon Saturday, ESPN), however, it's all on the defense to make the upset possible.  The offense will be busy keeping from being eaten.

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Any list of the biggest wins in University of Washington football history starts with the 1960 Rose Bowl trampling of Wisconsin (44-8), the Huskies’ only victory of national import in the program’s first seven decades. The list of memorables also includes two other Rose Bowl triumphs, both at Michigan’s expense: 1978, which kick-started the Don James program, and 1991, which earned James and UW a share of the national championship.

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With the college football exhibition season inflicted upon us, and before we get to the only three postseason games that matter, it is a worthy moment to salute Heisman Trophy-caliber RB Christian McCaffrey, who made a business decision Monday to sit out Stanford's Sun Bowl game against North Carolina. That Stanford education may be worth something, after all.

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The University of Alabama, Washington's opponent in the Dec. 31 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, which serves as a national semifinal playoff game, Friday named former Huskies head coach Steve Sarkisian as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, replacing Lane Kiffin, who accepted a job as head coach at Florida Atlantic this week.

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